The issue is found only in PPC32.
Please let me if the patch is applicable.
+++ arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c 2008-09-22 20:47:23.885126056
+0530
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@
int
ppc_select(int n, fd_set __user *inp, fd_set __user *outp, fd_set
__user *exp, struct timeval __user *tvp)
{
+ if ( n < 0 )
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if ( (unsigned long)n >= 4096 )
{
unsigned long __user *buffer = (unsigned long __user *)n;
Thanks,
Halesh
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Josh Boyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 7:49 PM
>To: Sadashiiv, Halesh
>Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
>Subject: Re: Regarding select() on PPC
>
>On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 07:00:07PM +0530, Sadashiiv, Halesh wrote:
>>>For negetive value of n (first argument to select) select fails with
>>EINVAL
>>>error,
>>>
>>>But for the same when I tested for PowerPC it was giving EFAULT,
>>>Its on 2.6.16 kernel.
>
>2.6.16 is really old. I tested your testcase on a 2.6.25 based kernel
on
>a ppc64 machine and it seemed to work fine.
>
>josh
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